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A look at fiction and other bits of culture through the lens of the BibleThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:24:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Rebecca LuElla Millerhttps://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/science-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-26608
Fri, 08 May 2009 18:45:27 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26608Janet, GREAT question, and one I should post on, if I haven’t already. I think it is extremely hard to depict God in fiction and not make the ending come off as if victory was pulled out of a magic top hat.

You asked how I handle miracles in my fiction. Well, one way is by writing fantasy. 😀

Seriously, I can include the miraculous and supernatural evil power without it being questioned. Plus I put God into the story—not by name, but He’s there the same way Aslan is in Narnia. Not allegorically but representatively. I’ve written some short stories that do the same thing. I’ve written others that don’t and they haven’t met with much success. Hmmm.

In the end, I think you’ve found a great way of dealing with the issue because we do struggle, and we stop trusting Him from time to time and have to learn all over again. The struggle, I think, shows a part of the Christian life that we can understand and identify with.

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Fri, 08 May 2009 18:37:21 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26607Luke, thanks for sharing that article of your dad’s. Great thoughts. I especially liked his summary points and close. I’ve also thought about God’s governance over this world as I’ve been reading the prophets. Time and again, He mentions things like withholding rain—stuff that has a perfectly good scientific reason behind it. But God, who is, before time, ordains it all. That’s an amazing and difficult thing to come to.

Rae, I’ve seen those pictures too, but I can imagine that someone with scientific knowledge could make more sense of the significance. It really is interesting, in light of the magi of old, who studied the stars and knew a king was born in Judea. Huh? How … ? I suspect God’s fingerprints are everywhere if we would but have eyes to see.

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Fri, 08 May 2009 17:35:57 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26603[…] Miller @ 9:35 am Tags: Atheism, God I wrote a response to Matt who commented to my post about Science and the Bible but then, not knowing if Matt would ever return to A Christian Worldview of Fiction, and read what […]

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Fri, 08 May 2009 02:02:20 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26598The tricky thing as a writer is to acknowledge God’s miraculous power and yet not indulge in deus ex machina solutions to our character’s dilemmas. Gratuitous miracles spell death to any coherent plot. (Hey, this is a blog about fiction, right?)

I tried to resolve this issue by having my character having to struggle mightily with himself to reach the place where he could put his trust entirely in God and his power, much like the young men in the fiery furnace. They believed God could deliver them, but never thought for a moment that He was obliged to. He was worthy of their commitment no matter what the outcome. Even in the Biblical account, the miracle is a very satisfying conclusion because the young men had shown themselves worthy of it.

How about you, Rebecca? Do you put miracles in your plot, and how do you prevent them from being an easy out for your characters?

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Thu, 07 May 2009 13:29:20 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26591I’ve been following some discussion recently that turns this discussion on its side–well, I think it does [smile].

The Bible clearly says that God knits us together in our mother’s womb. And yet, we have no problems accepting the scientific explanations of sexual reproduction. Why? Because we know God is still involved.

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Wed, 06 May 2009 22:09:56 +0000http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/?p=1834#comment-26586Becky,
There is a website Nest Entertainment – Louis Giglio -DVD (I looked it up on Google) that has the most amazing videos. We have seen two in Sunday School. The last one was on the fact the the protein that holds everything together looks just like the cross. I saw the pictures from the microscope several months ago, but did not understand how important that was until I saw this man’s talk. He explains it beautifully, and proves it with the Col. 1:17 verse.
Rae

But to get to that place, a person also has to discount God’s omnipotence.

Actually, all you have to do is start off from a neutral starting point and follow the evidence. There is no testable evidence for the existence of any sort of deity. On the other hand, science can be and is repeatedly tested and verified every single day.